The Old Red Sandstone; Or, New Walks in An Old Field
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So tfatt the guards were no longer sniprised at seeing these frequent Taeaacies so frequently supplied with new id- cumbents ; and indeed, if thej had been, the pass-card always duh shown, with the broad seal of the " Republic" appended thereto, had been sufficient to silence their doubts, or prevent an expresskn oC them. De Lamet, a few days after his lasl visit to the chateau of father Fiu- cis, had dismissed from the queen's room one of the two menials whose duty it was to be near Marie's pe...r^ son at certain times in the day, and had assigned as a cause for thos do- ing, a suspicion that the qns&k had Digitized'by VjOOQIC THB BOWER OF TASTE. 696 been tampering with her. This of course satisfied the Tribunal, and Henri's devotion and patriotism were highly applauded by that bo- dy. He transferred the pass of this woman to his sister, Henriette, whom he introduced to the prison- house of the queen, dressed in coarse attire, her delicate features being completely disguised, by a dark, brown paint, which gave to her fine complexion the swarthy, vonburnt tinge, peculiar to the low- er class of citizens.
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